Churchfields Surgery

Dr Barry Bywater (male)
MB ChB FRCGP DRCOG Liverpool (1968)

Dr Michael Leci (male)
MB ChB MRCGP Birmingham (1977)

Dr David Pryke (male)
MBBS MRCGP London (1987)

Dr Alison Griffiths (female)
MBBS DCH DRCOG DFP MRCGP London (1988)

Dr Claire Laxton (female)
MB ChB DRCOG DFFP MRCGP Birmingham (1989)

Dr Ian Morrey (male)
MB ChB BSc Birmingham (1998) MRCGP

Dr David Law (male)
MA MB ChB Oxford (1999) MRCGP DRCOG DFFP

Associate

Dr Sanchita Sarkar (female)
MB ChB Leicester (1999) DRCOG DFFP MRCGP

PRACTICE STAFF

Practice Manager

Mrs Anne Banner is the practice manager and she is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the surgery. She is happy to hear your views and suggestions about the services offered by the practice.

Reception And Administration Staff

Our receptionists and administrative staff are here to help you get the services you need as quickly and conveniently as possible. You will find them friendly and helpful in what is a most demanding job. They may need to ask you for medical details in order to help you. All information you give to them is treated in confidence and they are bound by the same codes of conduct as the doctors and nurses.

Nurse Practitioner

Sister Carol Pearson is a member of the practice nursing team who has taken additional training and is able to treat a variety of minor ailments eg tonsillitis, eczema, ear infections and rashes, etc. The nurse practitioner offers a complementary source of care to that offered by the medical practitioners. If you wish to see Sister Pearson instead of a doctor, please arrange an appointment.

Practice Nurses

We have four practice nurses - Sisters Sharon Jones, Jill Chance, Lynne Cox and Vicki Smith. They offer a wide range of services such as taking cervical smears, performing ECGs, dressing wounds, managing leg ulcers, removing sutures, syringing ears, giving advice on travel, immunisation, contraception, care and prevention of heart disease etc. They also work extensively in the more formal surgery clinics eg diabetic, asthma, family planning, immunisation, well woman and well man. Their surgeries are run daily by appointment.

We also employ two healthcare assistants, Denise Charlton and Sandy Kane, who perform blood pressure checks, ECGs, urine testing and health checks. Their surgeries are available by appointment only.

Phlebotomist
Our healthcare assistants carry out blood sampling on regular booked appointments Monday to Friday.

District Nurses

We have a team of district nurses attached to the surgery. They provide a nursing service in the homes of the elderly, sick and post-operative patients. We also have a Macmillan nursing service in the district which specialises in the treatment of the terminally ill and their families.

Nurse Adviser For The Elderly

Sister Jan Firman takes responsibility for the general care of our patients over the age of 65. She assesses their physical, psychological and social wellbeing and refers the patient on to the relevant professional if she feels this is necessary. You may contact Sister Firman on 876189.

Health Visitors

There are two health visitors attached to Churchfields Surgery. They visit all families with newborn babies and young children, monitoring their growth and development and offering practical advice and support. They are also involved in the immunisation clinic where all the recommended vaccinations for children are administered.

Counsellor

We have a part-time clinical counsellor to further support people with emotional or psychological problems. Patients can only be referred after seeing the doctor.

Physiotherapist

A physiotherapist provides treatment for a wide range of conditions. Patients need to see the doctor first who will then make a referral to the physiotherapist if necessary.

Chiropody

Chiropody is provided at the Princess of Wales Hospital. Referral to the chiropodist can only be made by a member of the Health Care Team.

Dietician

A trained dietician holds a clinic at the Princess of Wales Hospital. Simple dietary advice (eg weight loss, low cholesterol diet) is given by our practice nurses. Referrals are made after seeing the doctor.

Community Midwife

A midwife based in the community attends the surgery once a week to help us care for our antenatal patients. She is often the same midwife who will attend the patient at home when she has delivered her baby, so coming for antenatal appointments with her is a good way for both to become familiar with each other.

Social Worker

We have a social worker attached to our practice to help with all kinds of social problems for those patients over the age of 65. Patients under this age requiring such help will be referred to the local social services office.

General Practitioner Registrar And Medical Students

Churchfields is an accredited training practice for both GPs in training (GP registrars) and medical students (attached to Birmingham University).

Registrars are fully qualified and have usually completed several years as a junior doctor in hospitals. They are attached to our practice for 4 to 12 month periods so that they may undergo further training to gain the necessary skills required for general practice. The registrars are encouraged to seek advice, when necessary, from the practice partners.

On occasions consultations may be recorded, solely for teaching purposes, but only with the patient's consent.